Rug joint or selvage



Jan. 1, 1935. rEfJ. WILSON p 7 RUG JOINT OR SELYA GE Oi'igihal Filed Sept. 22, 1932 INVENTOR Egek/e/J Wilson AT'roRNEY Patented Jan. 1, 1935 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUG JOINT OR SELVAGE Ezekiel J. Wilson, East Greenbush, N. Y., assignor to F. C. Huyck & Sons, Rensselaer, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 22, 1932, Serial No. 634,445 Renewed May 25, 1934 9 Claims. (Cl. 28-1) For a detailed description of the present form The method above described may be also emof my invention, reference may be had to the ployed to produce a selvage on either of the two following specification and to the accompanying fabrics. For instance, the thinned edge I is drawing forming a part thereof, wherein turned back upon itself as indicated at f in Fig- 5 Fig. 1 is a somewhat enlarged section of the ure 5 and sewed down. The finishing, after the 5 wool rug fabric to which my invention is applied turned-up edge is sewed, is the same as that at the weaving stage with a retaining thread; already described. 7

Fig. 2 is a section of two rug fabrics tube The same method may also be employed joined after the felting; for ornamenting a rug or carpet by inserted 10 Fig. 3 is a diagram of a complete joint; designs, thereby avoiding the expense of weav- 10 Fig. 4 shows my process as used for orn'aing such designs by a Jacquard loom. Thus, in

menting a rug or carpet fabric by an' applied Fig. 4, R represents the two-layer fabric depattern, and scribed above. In this fabric the design may Fig. 5 is a diagram of myinvention as applied include an overlying fabric member indicated by to a selvage. the circle S which is formed by cutting out such 15 Referring to Fig. 2, it there appears that the a circle in the top layer of the fabric and rewool felt is (l) woven as a double fabric, the moving it. Then in the circular space thus left, two layers being designated respectively as A the triangular piece T, of the pattern and the and B and each layer is composed of a warp three arc-shaped pieces U thereof, being of any thread a: and a weft thread 3/, the warp and weft desired color and fabric, may be inserted and 20 threads of each layer being independent of the sewed down by stitches, such as the aforesaid warp and weft threads of the other layer. (2) stitches H, H. Preferably the inserts just men- The two layers are joined together by a tie tioned would have felted and napped surfaces thread C, which is shown in dotted lines and is to cover the stitching. This is merely an illusapplied by a floating harness during the weavtration of any desired design that may be in- 25 (3) After the Weaving. the double fabric serted in the cut-away recess of the fabric. is subjected to a well known fulling process to By the means described above rug sections shrink the fabric and cause the felting or matmay be joined without adding to the thickness ting together of the individual wool fibres. (4) of the fabric and without local enlargements such 80 Then the fibres are napped to create a pile, and as would otherwise be required. Thus I avoid (5) the pile is sheared to produce uniformity the local wear on the super thick ribs of mateof the pile and give it luster as well as an imrialwhich would be created by the enlargements. proved wearing quality. Then, the fabric, be- What I claim as new and desire to secure by ing as indicated in Fig. 2, the joining of the ad- Letters Patent is:

85 jacent sections of the fabric takes place. (6) 1. A'fabric of the character described com- The edge of the upper layer f of the left-hand prising a double woven fabric with the warp fabric is thinned by being removed and disand weft threads of each layer of the fabric car vin h l wer l y f projecting alone. independent of the warp and weft threads of the is shown in Fig. 2. (7) The right-hand fabric other layer, a portion of the double fabric hav- .40 is similarly treated except that it is the edge ing a thinned area of a depth approximately the 40 of the lower layer 9 which is cut off and resame as the thickness of one of the layers, said moved leaving the upper edge 9 projecting. (8) fabric also including a fabric member overlying Then the two projecting edges are overlapped, as said thinned area, the thickness of said overshown diagrammatically in Fig. 3 and stitched lying member being approximately the same as together at H, H, each layer f and g constitutthe depth of the thinned area, and stitches 45 ing a fabricmember overlying the thinned poruniting the overlying member. to the fabric, ticns of the other member. (9) Then the united the exposed surface of said overlying member sections adjacent to the stitching H are hand and the corresponding adjoining surface of the napped and sheared to conceal the stitching. fabric being napped, the napped areas being The distribution of the fibres adjacent to the so constructed and arranged as to conceal said 50 threads H will soon cover the threads to such an stitches and the meeting edges of the overlyextent that they are normally hidden from view. ing member and of the thinned area.

The joined rugs may be of any desired color 2. A fabric of the character described comand the two-upper layers may be of different prising a double woven fabric with the warp colors. and weft threads of each layer of the fabric 55v independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, each surface of said fabric being provided with a thinned area of a depth corresponding to the thickness of a layer, said thinned areas being contiguously located and arranged in overlying relation, so that their combined thickness approximately corresponds to the thickness of the fabric, and stitches uniting said overlying thinned portions, both surfaces of the fabric including the exposed surfaces of said overlying thinned portions being napped, the napped areas being so constructed and arranged as to conceal said stitches and the meeting edges of the overlying members.

3. A fabric of the character described comprising a plurality of double woven fabric members with the warp and weft threads of each layer of the respective fabric members being independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer of the same fabric member, each of said fabric members having a thinned area at one edge of a depth approximately the same as the thickness of one of the layers, said thinned areas being complemental to each other and arranged in overlying relation, and stitches uniting the overlying thinned areas, both surfaces of the fabric being napped, the napped areas being so constructed and arranged as to conceal said stitches and the meeting edges of the overlying portions.

4. A fabric of the character described comprising a double woven fabric with the warp and weft threads of each layer of the fabric independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, an interwoven tie thread uniting said layers, said fabric including complemental overlapped thinned portions of a depth approximately the same as the thickness of one of the layers, and stitches uniting the overlapped portions, both surfaces of said fabric being napped, the napped areas being so constructed and arranged as to conceal said stitches and the meeting edges of the overlying portions.

5. A fabricof the character described comprising a double woven fabric with the warp and weft threads of each layer of the fabric independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, one edge of said fabric having a thinned portion of a depth corresponding to the thickness of one of said layers and extending the length of said edge, said thinned portion being doubled back upon itself, and stitches extending through the doubled back thinned portion, both surfaces of the fabric being napped, the napped areas being so constructed and arranged, as to conceal said stitches and the meeting edges of the turned over thinned portion and the adjacent portion of the fabric.

6. The method of forming a fabric comprising weaving a double fabric with the warp and weft threads of each layer of the fabric independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, cutting away a portion of one layer, placing a fabric member over said cut-away portion and sewing it down to the other layer in overlying relation, and finally concealing the edges of the overlying portion and the stitches by napping the exposed surfaces of the overlying. member and of the fabric.

7. The method of forming a fabric comprising weaving a double fabric of two superposed layers with the warp and weft threads of each layer independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, and uniting said layers by interweaving a tie thread therewith, cutting away a portion of one layer so as to leave the underlying surface of the other layer exposed, placing a woven member in said cut-away portion and sewing it down to the underlying layer in superposed relation, and then concealing the edges of said woven member and said stitches by napping the exposed area of the woven member and the adjacent surface of said fabric.

8. The method of forming a fabric comprising weaving a plurality of complemental sections of double fabric having two superposed layers, with the warp and weft threads of each layer independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, cutting away one edge portion of each section to the depth of one layer, overlapping the cut-away portions, uniting the fabric sections by sewing the overlapped portions in superposed relation, and napping both. surfaces of the united sections so as to conceal the stitches and the adjoining edges.

9. The method of forming a fabric comprising weaving a double fabric of two superposed layers with the warp and weft threads of each layer independent of the warp and weft threads of the other layer, and uniting said layers by interweaving a tie thread therewith, fulling said double fabric, napping the surfaces of said double fabric to provide a pile, removing a portion of one layer of said fabric, placing a second woven member over said cut-away portion and sewing it down upon the other layer in overlapping relation, and then concealing the stitches and the edges of said overlying members by napping both surfaces of said fabric.

EZEKIEL J. WILSON. 

